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Alfes 2010 has tweeted some images of the recently released Takara Tomy Transformers Generations TG-23 Titan Class Metroplex with Scamper. The images include a couple of comparison shots with the previously released Hasbro and SDCC exclusive versions. The Takara release features additional painted details, a chrome face, and painted silver thighs, and two large red guns. Check out the images mirrored below.

Kind of how I feel about it. Wouldn't it be better to get 3 Vanilla's and paint one or two? I guess it would be a massive artistic undertaking, but I have to believe you'd end up with some results worthy of pride and display.

Words from the wise:GuyIncognito - "MetroSUplex, do you understand inflation? I'm guessing not.""It's not an animal; it's a robot. Robots don't need fur, feathers, or skin textures. And don't tell me they need it for disguise, as these robots are clearly not trying to disguise themselves." [in reference to Prime Grimwing]"...you don't care what the topic is; for you, every thread is just an opportunity to argue, flame-bait, and troll."

Kind of how I feel about it. Wouldn't it be better to get 3 Vanilla's and paint one or two? I guess it would be a massive artistic undertaking, but I have to believe you'd end up with some results worthy of pride and display.

I'm pretty sure that this is the version I want. The chrome face was a major aesthetic point of the original G1 version to me. Without it, it's like ZZ Topp without the beards!One important question that I can't seem to find an answer to tho- Are the electronics, particularly the sounds different?Does he spew Japanese instead of English or is it the same sounds as the Hasbro one?

Just checked mine and the speech is all english, with effects sounding like they were lifted from FOC. This figure is fantastic by the way, the additional paint apps make this the best version imo. I'd much rather one of these than 3 of the bog standard US release. Mine arrived yesterday thanks to kapow toys.

Banjo-Tron wrote:Just checked mine and the speech is all english, with effects sounding like they were lifted from FOC. This figure is fantastic by the way, the additional paint apps make this the best version imo. I'd much rather one of these than 3 of the bog standard US release. Mine arrived yesterday thanks to kapow toys.

I opened mine up yesterday and all I can say is WOW!!! I haven't even put on any of the decals yet and I don't think he needs them, at least not in bot mode (haven't transformed him yet and I'm not sure that I will). He is massive and the paint details all over him are great. That little Scamper figure is badass too. I think this guy was definitely worth the price (though I still want Planet X to do an FoC version ).

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I am that which is, which was, and is yet to come.

And you will know my name is MEGATRON when I lay my vengeance upon you!

Motto:""Nothing so liberates the heart as when a fool awakens from his folly.""

Weapon: Null-Ray Rifle

megatronus wrote:I'm not much of a painter, but the stickers will do most of the job.

In retrospect, this guy is pretty MASSIVE. Even if you DID decide to paint it... I'm left wondering if you'd spend the difference in paint supplies!

I'd seriously love to paint him... but the project seems too overwhelming and complex... not to mention the general difficulty one would presumably face when trying to take apart a figure of this size (i.e. how do you remove ratchet joints?!?).

I'm sure someone will have one done sooner or later. It'd be especially interesting if Metro got converted into a Fort Max or got part-robbed to enhance some combiner.

I sincerely hope Hasbro decides to release more GIANTS like Metro. It'd be a pretty sweet 2014 XMAS...

Words from the wise:GuyIncognito - "MetroSUplex, do you understand inflation? I'm guessing not.""It's not an animal; it's a robot. Robots don't need fur, feathers, or skin textures. And don't tell me they need it for disguise, as these robots are clearly not trying to disguise themselves." [in reference to Prime Grimwing]"...you don't care what the topic is; for you, every thread is just an opportunity to argue, flame-bait, and troll."

The good and bad on his metallic decals. The good first. If you make a mistake, you can still peel it off to readjust but on certain areas like his left shoulder joint and the hinge just above his robo butt, the bad, it won't stay in place when folded.

Kind of like the Blitzwing design on the non connecting shoulders and boosters. I wonder how that managed to escape the eye of QC/final product approval.

Mine works OK, but I did have to jack around with it to make it work correctly. It seems out of the box, one of the pegs or whatever on the visor was slightly misaligned so it kept getting stuck. Once I aligned it, it seemed to work OK for the most part (though it does occasionally get out of alignment again at which point I have to do the same thing to fix it).

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I am that which is, which was, and is yet to come.

And you will know my name is MEGATRON when I lay my vengeance upon you!

Thanks for the Blitzwing fix btw. Concerning your trouble with the visor, do you need to disassemble the head or what?

No, I didn't disassemble it, I simply flipped the head back as though I was going into city mode and reached my fingers underneath and wiggled the visor around to get it to line up after noticing that one side wasn't even with the other. I heard a "click" and then put it back down into head mode and rotated his left antenna down to deploy the visor and it popped into place properly without any trouble. It seems that the right side of it gets off track sometimes.

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I am that which is, which was, and is yet to come.

And you will know my name is MEGATRON when I lay my vengeance upon you!